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I came across this site and it seems like a great tool for learning more about healthier foods. I wanted to share it! It's more than just a list of great foods, as it also tells you what different vitamins and things do for you! It's been so helpful for a "nutrition-dumb" person like me :shame: . I am learning a lot and hope that this can help out others too!! I may even try a recipe or two!

I also have a question for you nutrition savy ladies: I take a womens multi-vitaman daily. Should I be eating nutrition rich foods instead of my vitamin? Can I overdose on certain things because of the vitamin? Any thoughts? Thank you!!!

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I came across this site and it seems like a great tool for learning more about healthier foods. I wanted to share it! It's more than just a list of great foods, as it also tells you what different vitamins and things do for you! It's been so helpful for a "nutrition-dumb" person like me :shame: . I am learning a lot and hope that this can help out others too!! I may even try a recipe or two!

I also have a question for you nutrition savy ladies: I take a womens multi-vitaman daily. Should I be eating nutrition rich foods instead of my vitamin? Can I overdose on certain things because of the vitamin? Any thoughts? Thank you!!!

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Sometimes you can eat much more than your daily needs. Vitamin A for example can be obtained from carrots- but if you eat a handful of carrots, you have 'overdosed'.

I beleive that supplements are good to take, as long as you have some sort of direction. If you are taking a multi-vitamin, then just stick to that one and still go for nutrition rich foods.

To really overdose, it would take so much. You may get more than your needs, but to put your body in shock takes much more than that!

So do both- eat your nutrition rich foods and take your multi-vitamin.

Thanks for the site!!! Makes me smile to see that I eat many of those!!

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if u eat a lot of fruits, veggies, and protein.. u might not need a multivitamin. i take the viactiv ones, but the taste is not my favorite. pills make me nauseous cuz i have a very sensitive stomach. thanks for the website too! =D

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I came across this site and it seems like a great tool for learning more about healthier foods. I wanted to share it! It's more than just a list of great foods, as it also tells you what different vitamins and things do for you! It's been so helpful for a "nutrition-dumb" person like me :shame: . I am learning a lot and hope that this can help out others too!! I may even try a recipe or two!

I also have a question for you nutrition savy ladies: I take a womens multi-vitaman daily. Should I be eating nutrition rich foods instead of my vitamin? Can I overdose on certain things because of the vitamin? Any thoughts? Thank you!!!

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A food-based vitamin is better for you and easier for your body to assimilate. (Rainbow Light makes a great one-a-day womens vitamin. Some other good brands are Source Naturals, Nature's Life and Nature's Plus) Unfortunately today, many foods don't have the nutritional values they did in the past, due to modern farming techniques depleting minerals in the soil (try buying organic fruits and vegies whenever you can). Also, there are more environmental stresses on our bodies today, so a vitamin with a good range of antioxidants (vitamins E & C are common ones) helps combat this.

There are certain vitamins that are stored in the fat cells of our bodies, which a person can overdose on (Vitamin A, D, and K are some), but most multi vitamins don't have too much.

(Can you tell I was the manager of the vitamin dept. in a health food store? )